Rejected petition Reduce income tax & VAT permanently to help all those working with living costs

With the rate of inflation in living costs our income has not kept up. Help persuade the government to reduce taxes upon us to help with our surviving costs. Reduce income tax and value added tax on purchases that will help the hard working British public to be more comfortable in life.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what level you'd like income tax and VAT to be reduced to.

You can see the current rates of income tax here:

https://www.gov.uk/income-tax-rates

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 February 2018
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